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46 Ga. App. 664

Maddox v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 24, 1933

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1933-03-24

Relies on 9 Ga. App. 501 - Calhoun v. State · McLin v. City of Griffin

Decided 1933-03-24

Guerry, J.

¶1The evidence in this case was wholly circumstantial, and creates a mere suspicion as to the guilt of the accused, which is not sufficient. Bush v. State, 7 Ga. App. 607 (67 S. E. 685). It did not exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused, and the court erred in overruling the motion for' a new trial. Calhoun v. State, 9 Ga. App. 501 (71 S. E. 765).

¶2 Judgment reversed.

Broyles, G. J., and MacIntyre, J., concur. William J. Cooley, Pemberton Cooley, Alexander Stephens, for plaintiff in error. Clifford Pratt, solicitor-general, contra.
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